The words of the Biancoceleste coach, who spoke after the final whistle of the match directly from the press room of the Olympic stadium
Return to victory within friendly walls Lazio. The Biancocelesti surpass the Genoa at the Olympic stadium with a goal scored in the 100th minute. At the end of the match he spoke at the press conference Maurizio Sarri. Below are his words.
How do you feel about this match?
“First of all, I’m happy for the boys, because it’s a difficult time with situations that haven’t yet been outlined. There is confusion, the team was not calm tonight and it showed in the first half hour with an attentive but tense team. Then the final part of the first half was good and the first part of the second was very good, we put them in difficulty with good high pressure. It could have ended 2-0, but after the penalty for the opponents we were in difficulty. Great strength, however, in the final reaction. A team with a big heart, a big soul. And that makes me proud of the guys and I’m really happy for them. It was a difficult situation even for the stadium with few people, even if it made itself felt. We must take this gesture of our people as yet another act of love and I also said this to the kids”.
Is the final assault with fewer schemes a product of the moment?
“For a while it was negative, but a person who is not serene is a person who can get angry easily. It can also be the result of being angry. But I prefer a determined and serene team”.
“I have no news for Romagnoli, he manages the company”.
How did you see the empty stadium?
“I’m used to seeing the Olimpico with our people. The negative aspect is the sadness of tonight’s conditions, the positive aspect is that I also consider this an act of love”.
How are you seeing the new ones?
“Before thinking of something different for Maldini, I need and want to see him in that role. He has good technical qualities and great physicality. He is very good at coming to play with the team, he needs to become much better at moving the ball quickly and attacking the box. He’s still at a stage of stopping to see what happens. If he learns, he has the physicality and technique to play that role. Ratkov doesn’t have 4-5 years of Serie A under his belt. He comes from a different league and speaks a different language. He is a different attacker, from deep and from the area, but he is a boy whose evolution we have to wait for: it is a book to be written. Taylor, like Ratkov, comes from championships with the winter break: when they arrived they came from a period of inactivity and in my opinion they both have room for growth also in terms of physical condition”.
The team still went under the curve. Did he give directions?
“No, it’s their initiative. It will be an unconditional gesture due to habit. I spoke to them as I did to you, even the boys perhaps go beyond the difficulties of this evening”.
Can the next matches against Juve, Bologna and Atalanta give this Lazio’s real objective?
“Lazio’s objective has been clear since July, we have always talked from the beginning about a year of building for the future. It doesn’t change now in relation to a victory. We have three difficult games to play, let’s take the points tonight and then go and fight”.
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